The Red Warning

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The Red Warning
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Film poster
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Written by Isadore Bernstein
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring Jack Hoxie
Fred Kohler
Elinor Field
Cinematography William Nobles
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 17, 1923 (1923-12-17)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Red Warning is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie, Fred Kohler, and Elinor Field. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] ranchman David Ainslee loses his cattle through bandit raids, searches for a desert mine, and is found wounded and dying by Phil Haver. Phil brings the news to David's daughter Louise. Phil gives the young woman some gold, which he pretends is from the mine. He gathers a vigilante band and captures the cattle thieves, revenging himself on the man who killed Ainslee, and wins the young woman in the process.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Red Warning located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. Katchmer, p. 176
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Red Warning at silentera.com
  3. Pardy, George T. (December 22, 1923). "Feature Previews: The Red Warning". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (4): 26. Retrieved May 4, 2022.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Red Warning

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